The Poet: Maya Angelou, “Alone”: The Poet: Maya Angelou, “Alone” Posted: 12 Mar 2017 07:53 PM PDT “Alone” “Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home, Where water is not...

pafret Loc: Northeast

The Poet: Maya Angelou, “Alone”

Posted: 12 Mar 2017 07:53 PM PDT
“Alone”

“Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home,
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone.
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong,
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone,
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

There are some millionaires
With money they can't use,
Their wives run round like banshees,
Their children sing the blues.
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone,
But nobody,
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone,
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know...
Storm clouds are gathering,
The wind is gonna blow.
The race of man is suffering,
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody,
Can make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone,
Nobody, but nobody,
Can make it out here alone.”

- Maya Angelou

Morgan

pafret wrote:

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I agree we can not make it alone, but one just has to realize we are never alone, in the woods, by the sea on top of a mountain, we are never alone. The storm may be necessary to clear the air and start anew, a welcoming new beginning.

Thank you Pafret

pafret Loc: Northeast

Morgan wrote:

I agree we can not make it alone, but one just has to realize we are never alone, in the woods, by the sea on top of a mountain, we are never alone. The storm may be necessary to clear the air and start anew, a welcoming new beginning.

Thank you Pafret

The World Is Too Much With Us
By William Wordsworth

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

pafret wrote:

The Poet: Maya Angelou, “Alone” br br Posted: 12 ... (show quote)

Beautiful is the vision of ones never alone~~

I have had this one for well, a couple years , framed and in my office~

Never Alone

I feel you in the morning
When at first I awake
Your thought is with me
With each decision I make

You'd been around forever
Since the first breath I took
Now I have to go on alone
But for love, I need not look

Cause by what you bestowed
In our short time together
Will last in my heart
Forever and ever

Although you've left
And now walk above
I'm never alone
I'm wrapped in your love

Enjoy now your long waited reward
Feel peace that your love continues on
What was taught to me, will be taught to mine
Cause you live on in me even after you've gone
I am not alone....

Author: Rodney Belcher

pafret Loc: Northeast

lindajoy wrote:

Beautiful is the vision of ones never alone~~ br ... (show quote)

Excellent piece, it resonates with me, particularly the last verse.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

pafret wrote:

Excellent piece, it resonates with me, particularly the last verse.

Thank You, pafret... Between your poems and love of music you definitely have fine taste, much enjoyed...

Should you favor anther I'd love to read it..

Thank You .......

Morgan

pafret wrote:

The World Is Too Much With Us br By William Wordsw... (show quote)

Pafret I like your choices of author's...but do not despair...

snip,
"I've heard it said the world is evil. But they are wrong...
for I have known its people...watched them die to save a freedom, bleed to save a life...spend of themselves to stem disaster, of their wealth to ease distress...and I have watched them live, love and labor...watched them hope, dream and pray, side by side.

unmentioned author

pafret Loc: Northeast

Morgan wrote:

Pafret I like your choices of author's...but do not despair...

snip,
"I've heard it said the world is evil. But they are wrong...
for I have known its people...watched them die to save a freedom, bleed to save a life...spend of themselves to stem disaster, of their wealth to ease distress...and I have watched them live, love and labor...watched them hope, dream and pray, side by side.

unmentioned author

“

“Benedicto”

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
May your rivers flow without end,
Meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells,
Past temples and castles and poets’ towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl,
Through miasmal and mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs,
Where deer walk across the white sand beaches,
Where storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags,
Where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you – beyond that next turning of the canyon walls.”
- Edward Abbey

badbobby Loc: texas

lindajoy wrote:

Beautiful is the vision of ones never alone~~ br ... (show quote)

I'll never be lonely
my life's love is beside me
although my children are far away
and seem to be farther every day
I'll never be lonely
my life's love is beside me
and when we are gone
we will be together,just as one
and it will be written on our stone
I'll never be lonely

(My poor attempt at poetry)

There is comfort in being alone
especially when safe at home
with a nice cup of tea
just my own thoughts and me
yes,there is comfort being alone
There is a lesson in being alone
in that space, many great minds have grown
you are you,no one else
just be true to yourself
yes,there is a lesson in being alone
(Ms Moem)

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

badbobby wrote:

I'll never be lonely br my life's love is beside m... (show quote)

Not poor attempt !!!! Perfect it is, spoken from your heart~<
How can that ever be wrong??
I also like Ms. Moem's poem as well....

Ah to be loved having love itself in grace
'Tis this time in life which bestows so much
We learn our hearts content..

Do we faulter in life's action or are we as it should be
We are but the expression in living love itself
Where there is your love there is llife itself...

Mine back to you....❣️

badbobby Loc: texas

lindajoy wrote:

Not poor attempt !!!! Perfect it is, spoken from your heart~<
How can that ever be wrong??
I also like Ms. Moem's poem as well....

Ah to be loved having love itself in grace
'Tis this time in life which bestows so much
We learn our hearts content..

Do we faulter in life's action or are we as it should be
We are but the expression in living love itself
Where there is your love there is llife itself...

Mine back to you....❣️

and so much better than mine
your gift for words is truly a gift

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

badbobby wrote:

and so much better than mine
your gift for words is truly a gift

Not better, just spoken from the ❤️

Thank You, my friend...

pafret Loc: Northeast

lindajoy wrote:

Not better, just spoken from the ❤️

Thank You, my friend...

Is it my imagination or are these poetry posts bringing out the civil part of our natures?

badbobby Loc: texas

pafret wrote:

Is it my imagination or are these poetry posts bringing out the civil part of our natures?

reading poetry is way far better
than arguing politics
and it don't make you mad

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

pafret wrote:

Is it my imagination or are these poetry posts bringing out the civil part of our natures?

I believe so and is that not so much better!!

Certainly more enjoyable...